News & Updates

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Waterford Greens Make Further Endorsements, Run Candidate for Each Office

Waterford, CT- The Waterford Green Party held their second nominating convention of the 2017 season on the morning of July 29th, 2017. The party voted to endorse four more candidates, which included Deb Roselli Kelly for Board of Education, Andrew Frascarelli for Representative Town Meeting District 1, Darcy Van...

Waterford, CT- At a caucus on the evening of Monday, July 24, the Waterford Democratic Town Committee (DTC) voted to cross-endorse four Green candidates for office. Waterford Green Party Co-Chairs Baird Welch-Collins and Joshua Steele Kelly began discussing the concept of cross-endorsements with the Democrats bac...

Niantic, CT- McCook Point Park was nearly blanketed in many areas on Monday, July 17, with the remains of fireworks, seemingly from the Celebrate East Lyme Day display. Waterford, CT resident Josh Kelly came across the mess nearly two days after the event had ended, with seemingly none of the scraps having been moved o...

Green Party Braves Storm, Removes Over 84lbs of Litter from Streets of Waterford

Waterford, CT- The Waterford Green Party organized a day-long clean-up of the town, titled the “Waterford Clean-a-thon”, which was held on Saturday, June 24, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. With the help of almost a dozen volunteers from the community, the party managed to collect...

Waterford, CT- The Waterford Green Party Town Committee held its first official nominating convention for the 2017 municipal elections at 3​:00​pm on Saturday, June 17, at the Waterford Public Library. Af...

We are very pleased to announce that yesterday morning one of our party's co-chairs, Baird Welch-Collins, was sworn-in as a full member of Waterford, Connecticut's Flood and Erosion Control Board. Congratulations Baird, and we look forward to having another Green voice in local government!

Others wishing to get involved in local government are encouraged to contact us at info@waterfordgreenparty.org.

Waterford, CT- On Saturday, June 17, 2017, the Waterford Green Party Town Committee will meet to nominate candidates for public office. This is the second set of municipal elections in which the party will participate, and they will be working to build off their past success. In 2015, they saw their ...

Waterford, CT- On Tuesday, November 3rd, the Green Party far exceeded expectations of the voters of Waterford by winning their first seat in the town government and attracting as many as 1,179 votes in the various races. The Green Party ran a total of five candidates in the Waterford municipal election this year: Billy G. Collins (Board of Selectmen), Kevin Ke...

Over the past two years I have followed the Waterford Green Party and watched it grow into a dedicated political party that practices its core values. Its diverse members have conducted community cleanups and fundraisers for a variety of important causes, including an annual Waterford High School scholarship.

Voters have an opportunity with many seats in local elections. We can vote for more than one candidate. For example, each voter in Waterford will have the ability to vote for five or six candidates, depending on the district, to represent them on the RTM. Since no major party is running that many candidates in any district...